"The median age at first marriage in the early 1970s, when the baby boomers were young, was 21 for women and 23 for men; by 2009 it had climbed to 26 for women and 28 for men, five years in a little more than a generation."
They've cherry-picked the trough of median age at first marriage in the modern era. Looking back a little farther shows that for men first marriage only dipped into the early 20s during a few decades in the middle of the 20th century. For women first marriage has been steadily rising, however.
They've cherry-picked the trough of median age at first marriage in the modern era. Looking back a little farther shows that for men first marriage only dipped into the early 20s during a few decades in the middle of the 20th century. For women first marriage has been steadily rising, however.
1890 26.1 22.0 1970 23.2 20.8 2007 27.7 26.0Source: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005061.html#axzz0wz2a14ih shows 1890s to 2000s by decade, ultimately citing U.S. Census data.